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Senator Thom Tillis Adds Voice in Opposition to Warren’s Anti-Crypto Bill
4.1.2024
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has voiced his opposition to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) recently proposed anto-crypto bill, according to a letter published by Satoshi Act Fund CEO and co-founder, Dennis Porter. Tillis’ “significant concerns” Tillis’ letter, originally published by Porter to...
CoinDCX Co-Founder addresses CoinDCX App scam news
4.1.2024
Sumit Gupta recently released an official tweet to clarify the recent news regarding fraud on the CoinDCX app. The co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX started the tweet by acknowledging the reports related to unethical acts related to the exchange. However, Sumit quickly clarified that no such incident...
Matrixport Founder Jihan Wu Addresses Spot ETF Report Responsible for Market Crash
4.1.2024
Source: X / @JihanWu Crypto tycoon and Matrixport co-founder Jihan Wu addressed concerns surrounding the company’s report predicting the rejection of spot Bitcoin ETF applications by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Bitcoin’s price dropped as much as 9% on Wednesday as...
MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor to Sell $216 Million Company Shares for Bitcoin
3.1.2024
Source: DALL·E MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor has planned to sell company shares worth $216 million for personal Bitcoin investment. According to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Saylor will be selling 310,000 stock option awards, originally granted...
Crypto Scammers Swipe $123K in stETH from Nest Wallet Founder in Fake Airdrop
2.1.2024
The Nest Wallet founder has lost his life savings in an elaborate fake crypto airdrop scam. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. In a sobering reminder of the prevalence of cryptocurrency scams, Nest Wallet co-founder Bill Lou revealed on Tuesday he fell victim to an elaborate fake airdrop scheme...
Bitcoin Is an ‘Intriguing Option for National and Corporate Financial Portfolios’ Says Billionaire Stelian Balta
2.1.2024
Stelian Balta, the billionaire and co-founder of the digital asset management firm Hyperchain Capital, has said that while bitcoin is indeed a volatile asset it nonetheless helps to diversify and align an investment portfolio with digital trends. The top crypto asset’s high-return...
Latam Insights: Vitalik Buterin Praises Argentina, Brazilian Banks Test Microsoft CBDC Privacy Solution
1.1.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin praises Argetina’s moves, Brazilian banks introduce Microsoft privacy solutions in digital real tests, and Mi Primer...
Ethereum’s Path Forward: Vitalik Buterin Unveils Roadmap Enhancements
31.12.2023
In a recent update, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released an updated 2023 roadmap for the blockchain platform, detailing notable improvements and steadfast progress. Despite similarities to the previous year’s roadmap, the updated version underscores Ethereum’s evolving...
Vitalik Buterin Reflects on Web3’s Diminishing Vision Amidst Rising Transaction Fees
29.12.2023
In a candid evaluation of the current state of Web3, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin laments the fading vision of a decentralized internet. Buterin emphasizes the stifling effect of rising crypto transaction fees on innovation and broad-based usage of cryptocurrency. He points out the shift...
Vitalik Buterin Blames Rising Transaction Fees for Web3’s Drift from Decentralization
29.12.2023
Source: ShutterStock In a recent blog post titled “Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed concerns about the veering trajectory of Web3 from its original vision. Buterin contends that the foundational principles of Web3 have gradually receded...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Simplified Ethereum Proof of Stake Design
28.12.2023
Source: DALL·E Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed three alternative methods aimed at simplifying the Ethereum blockchain’s proof of stake design. This initiative, according to Buterin’s latest blog post, is intended to address a potential systemic complexity within...
Interview: 2023 Year-End Wrap With CoinDCX Co-Founder Neeraj Khandelwal
27.12.2023
Source: CoinDCX As we conclude 2023, a year marked by regulatory challenges and unprecedented growth, the cryptocurrency industry stands at the crossroads of uncertainty and promise. In an exclusive interview with India’s largest crypto exchange and the first crypto unicorn, CoinDCX’s...
Verida to Transform Digital Privacy Through Partnerships and Technology: Interview with Chris Were
25.12.2023
Pixabay Decentralized digital identity provider, Verida has rolled out several products and features including its recent partnership with zkPass, a private data protocol to secure user identity while verifying their identities on websites. In an exclusive interview with Cryptonews, Chris Were...
Brandt Bucks BTC Halving Hype, Vitalik’s Big Transfer, Spot Bitcoin ETF Developments, and More — Week in Review
24.12.2023
Trader and financial analyst Peter Brandt says that BTC “halving hype is a whole lot of excitement over nothing,” while developments point to imminent SEC action on the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) front. In other popular news this week, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin...
Report: British Virgin Islands Court Freezes 3AC Assets Worth Over $1 Billion
23.12.2023
A court in the British Virgin Islands has issued an order to freeze assets worth over $1 billion belonging to the founders of the defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. The worldwide freeze order also bars Kelly Chen, the wife of Kyle Davies, from transferring or selling...
BitMEX Co-founder Sells Solana for Ethereum, Predicts ETH Price to Reach $5,000
22.12.2023
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says he has sold Solana (SOL) and bought more Ethereum (ETH) despite the recent bullish momentum recorded by SOL. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Hayes stated that he had received an inspiration to support Vitalik Buterin’s...
Court Freezes 3AC Co-Founders’ Assets Worth $1.14 Billion
21.12.2023
Source: Adobe/Christophe Fouquin A British Virgin Islands court has issued an order freezing approximately $1.14 billion in assets belonging to the co-founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC). According to Teneo, the firm’s liquidator, the court order prohibits co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle...
Building a Post-Hype NFT Platform: An Interview with Galaxis Co-Founder Andras Kristof
20.12.2023
The rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain and cryptocurrency has long been taking over the art world. Once only available to a few, the disruption of the NFT industry through blockchain has made art, or ‘digital art’ accessible to everyone, far beyond the VIPs and the exclusives of...
Vitalik Buterin’s $1 Million Ethereum Transfer to Coinbase Sparks Speculation
19.12.2023
Monitoring of high-profile crypto addresses by onchain analysts has recently revealed that Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, transferred 500 ETH, valued at slightly over $1 million, to Coinbase. This action is part of a pattern, following Buterin’s previous transfers to exchanges...
Montenegro Appeals Court Overturns Extradition of Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon
19.12.2023
On Tuesday, Montenegro’s appeals court overturned the extradition request for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon. This reversal follows reports that Justice Minister Andrej Milovic had informally agreed to the extradition. Kwon to Remain in Montenegro, Decision Lies With Justice Minister...